End of the Road festival review – potent bacchanalia and mysticism
‘See you in the twilight zone’ says one musician; EOTR has enough weirdness, charm and shaggy charisma to weather our end-of-days era
June 2019
Best albums of 2019 so far
Ariana Grande delivered swaggering pop, there was state-of-the-nation rap from Slowthai, Dave and Sleaford Mods, Billie Eilish shouted out for the teens, and Angélique Kidjo blended Africa with Cuba
January 2019
Beirut, Michael Kiwanuka, Spiritualized and Metronomy to headline End of the Road festival
Courtney Barnett and Jarvis Cocker also join lineup for eclectic West Country summer gathering
'I'm an apocalypse writer': Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, the asexual rock star for end times
He surrounds himself with beauty, has everything he’s ever wanted and really, really loves his dog. So why is the Atlantan indie rocker writing about the killing of Jo Cox and the end of the world?
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? review – beautiful and strange desert drama
Recorded in rural Texas, this atmospheric album switches from psych-pop to alt-rock to experimental lo-fi, held together by Bradford Cox’s drawl
June 2017
Moon Diagrams: Lifetime of Love review – undulating soundscapes for an anxious world
June 2016
Field Day festival review – a collective roar in the face of the storm
A lineup including Skepta, Deerhunter, James Blake and PJ Harvey prove more than able to banish wet weather blues with warm and powerful performances
December 2015
Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox retracts Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan altercation claim
Cox, who claimed onstage that he was assaulted by Corgan and cornered by his bodyguard, has called his statements ‘stage banter’
Best albums of 2015
The best albums of 2015
The Guardian music critics’ favourite albums this year, counting down to reveal 2015’s best release
Music blog
The best albums of 2015 – so far
Collating the best albums released in 2015, updated monthly
November 2015
Deerhunter review - soaring songs, muted into an indistinct buzz
Bradford Cox performs beneath a vaulted roof as though pootling around a tiny studio
October 2015
Deerhunter: Fading Frontier review – the best is saved until last
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Deerhunter: Fading Frontier review – Bradford Cox's poppiest album yet
September 2015
The playlist
The playlist – indie: Diiv, Jennylee, Deerhunter and more
Autumn arts preview 2015
Rock and pop: the biggest albums and tours of autumn 2015
December 2013
Australia culture blog
Deerhunter – review
Best albums of 2013
Best albums of 2013: 30-21
May 2013
Deerhunter: Monomania – review
Deerhunter: Monomania – review
November 2011
Atlas Sound: Parallax – review
Deerhunter's Bradford Cox wins over Maddy Costa with his unearthliness
